A Fall From Army Wife to Widow….. Jul 27, 2011   Hello, my name is Kim L Smith. Many of you do not know who I am. I hope you will learn a little more about me.   I married my best friend,  Paul, in 1988 after a short while of dating… Read Story »

My Greatest Love…. Mar 16, 2011 I was 14 years old the first time I met him. He was 18. My sister introduced us. He’s cute (I thought), a little old and my classmate’s brother (eww!). We both were partly raised in our small… Read Story »

Soul Mates from Opposite Ends of the World Dec 22, 2010 Jim & I met as pen-pals in 1984.  I was born and raised in Singapore and was working for a British oil company when I came across a list of American men looking for pen-pals to write to. … Read Story »

Our story, Cut way too short Jul 20, 2010 James and I met at his civilian job (he was in the Army Reserves for the last 28 years of his career) at a jail.  He was a supervisor on first shift, and I was a newly hired correctional specialist… Read Story »

Losing Lou Jul 06, 2010 “Lou is offline.” The same message greeted me each time I checked the computer screen in our bedroom. I knew I had the computer volume cranked as high as it would go, but I checked anyway. When Lou… Read Story »

Dead Faith Jun 21, 2010 Why am in my mom’s room, in my mom’s bed, with my stuffed bear Sandifur in my arms?  I hear people talking downstairs.  I had a horrible dream.  Thank goodness it was only a dream. I… Read Story »

Combat Boots & Diamond Rings Jun 03, 2010 Like a lot of people from a small town, my husband and I knew each other from the time we were little kids. He was in my fifth grade homeroom class, but I didn’t give him much thought then, even… Read Story »

It Started With His Smile Mar 01, 2010 My husband told me he knew he was going to marry me the first time he saw me. I laughed at him and said yeah right. I had no interest in him whatsoever. So we became friends and slowly I started falling… Read Story »

At First Sight Nov 19, 2009 At 17 years old, I was working in a contemporary art gallery as the stockroom manager/shift leader in Orlando and my husband to be, Sean, was doing an internship at Epcot Center, working with hydroponics… Read Story »

‘His Favorite Place’ Nov 10, 2009 A lot of people were surprised when I requested cremation.  Bry and I had talked about it a few months before he left, right after his grandfather had died (March 2005).  His grandfather (cancer),… Read Story »